Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Nathan Byrd held his first community benefit boot camp, Saturday, June 28, at the Kenai Recreation Center. The camp will be held once a month. The cost to participate is three cans of food to be donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Nathan Byrd held his first community benefit boot camp, Saturday, June 28, at the Kenai Recreation Center. The camp will be held once a month. The cost to participate is three cans of food to be donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.

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